Metropolitan Daniel was elected as the sixth patriarch of the Romanian Orthodox Church on Wednesday (September 12th). Daniel will succeed Patriarch Teoctist, who died in July.
On 23 January 1994 Metropolitan Daniel visited the Church of St Nicholas of Japan in Brixton, Johannesburg with bishop Nifon. There was also a Romanian priest who was working at the World Council of Churches, Father Ion Bria, and another priest, from the Orthodox Church in America, who preached.
Stefanel Radu (a Romanian member of the parish) and Madgalena got married - the betrothal took place before the Liturgy and the crowning at the end. It’s not everyone who gets to have two bishops at their wedding! The Romanian bishops presented an ikon of St Paraskevi to the parish.
Stefanel and Dalene went to live in Australia, and, sadly, Dalene died of cancer a few years later. St Nicholas Church now has a priest from Romania, Father Mihai Corpodean.
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